xxIAmMexx
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I have had my male betta for over two years, and within the past week or so he hasn't been healthy. I'm assuming that he might have always had a swim bladder disorder considering he has always had alittle difficulty swimming to the surface. He would glady come up if he saw me walk into the room or it was feeding time though. Within the past week he tried to come up once, and other than that he hasn't even been interested in coming out of his cave. He hasn't eaten all week. I thought it might be old age starting to kick in since I did notice his eye sight with finding his food isn't what it used to be. Today he decided to wiggle out of his cave, and I noticed his scales were pineconing. They could have been that way before and I just didn't notice it though. I do regular gravel vacuuming, and lately pretty frequent water changes because I'm having an algea problem. He has a 10 gallon tank to himself, with a filter and a heater that stays between 78-80F. I just checked ammonia and nitrates and those are fine. PH is alittle high (7.6ish) but it has been since day one and it's never caused a problem. We don't have city water so there's no chlorine. My question is, do you think old age is getting the best of him and his body is just failing on him? Is he getting more susceptible to things? Or is there a definite problem on my part? And what's your reccomendation on helping save my poor betta?
Sorry for the length. I just wanted to include all the information I could.
Sorry for the length. I just wanted to include all the information I could.